At the end of March of the second year of the Apocalypse.

Looking at the summary of the diagram in front of him, Zhao Zongwu was quite touched in his heart, who would have thought that unconsciously, he had left Juehua Island for more than a month.

And in the rest of the month, a series of things happened, this scene appeared in his mind, and it also made Zhao Zongwu's heart sigh.

got acquainted with Zu Zerun, scolded Xiong Tingbi, killed Han Hu, solved Feng Quan's family, got acquainted with Wei Zhongxian, and successfully hooked up with Zhu Youxiao......

Every step Zhao Zongwu took represented a stage of his own progress, and at the same time, it also announced that the originally narrow foundation was constantly expanding.

Up to now, he has been the commander of Donghai Town, and the identity of Jinyi Wei Qianhu has changed, and at the same time, he has secretly formed an alliance with Wei Zhongxian.

With the help of Wei Zhongxian's relationship, Zhao Zongwu also began to prepare for going to Shandong, and originally expected to get the post of commander of Donghai Town, and then set off immediately.

But with the evolution of the situation, Zhao Zongwu also made some temporary changes.

In addition to secretly capturing Chen Qiyu, Sun Chuanting and other capable ministers, Zhao Zongwu also calmed down and roughly planned the blueprint for the work of the Ming East China Sea.

And in this process, it also made Zhao Zongwu understand in his heart that any development is inseparable from the promotion of science and technology.

If you want to lay the foundation of science and technology under your command, you must have a large number of artisan groups in your hands, and only through a large number of artisan groups can more scientific researchers be incubated.

This is the stage where Zhao Zongwu must rush out!

In the Ming Dynasty, because of the existence of the strange household registration system, although the implementation of this household registration system, is more applicable to the early Ming Dynasty, thus stabilizing the situation.

But it obviously does not apply, and wants to have a follow-up development of the Ming Dynasty.

If Daming wants to be fully developed, it must be driven by science and technology.

But in the Ming Dynasty, the social status of the artisan household is simply outrageously low, and even the minimum problem of food and clothing has not been solved.

How easy is it to talk about progress?

The capital is the core of the Ming Dynasty, and most of the artisan households belong to the official sequence, which also makes the capital have a large number of artisan households.

In order to ensure that he could master a team of craftsmen with strong combat effectiveness, Zhao Zongwu used Wei Zhongxian to conduct screening work in the capital Yousi.

Among them, the key direction of screening is the artisan who knows how to forge firearms.

In future wars, firearms are a major trend, and if we can take a step earlier and master the era of firearms, then dominating the world will not be a dream at all.

Of course, this basic science, if it does not reach its proper foundation, wants to enter the age of firearms, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream.

Therefore, building a relatively complete basic scientific foundation is what Zhao Zongwu needs to do at this stage.

It was also because of such an idea that a bold plan appeared in Zhao Zongwu's mind.

Of course, this plan is related to how the foundation of Donghai Town is determined.

Because of the urgency of time, coupled with the fact that the White Lotus Sect uprising was just around the corner, in order to avoid new accidents, Zhao Zongwu divided the screening into three categories: elite-level craftsmen, master-level craftsmen, and ordinary-level craftsmen.

Among them, 21 people were selected for the elite level, 78 people were selected for the master level, and 264 people were selected for the ordinary level.

In order to avoid being unable to take care of these craftsmen on the way south, this time they went south with Zhao Zongwu, only including elite-level and master-level craftsmen.

And their families will stay in the capital temporarily, and after Zhao Zongwu has established a good foundation, they will go with this huge group of craftsmen.

In order to reassure these craftsmen, Zhao Zongwu came up with two good ways to make money, perfume and soap, which are very common in later generations.

But in the Ming Dynasty, in this era of scarcity of materials, any cross-era product can attract enough eyeballs.

Zhao Zongwu is not responsible for the specific operation, everything is managed by Wei Zhongxian, as long as Zhao Zongwu belongs to him, the benefits are shared.

In addition to using these interests to settle these artisan households, Zhao Zongwu also focused on strengthening the construction of the intelligence network in the capital and Beizhili.

I still thought that there were a lot of talents gathered around me, but when it was really time to use them, Zhao Zongwu found that there were still too few talents.

Zhao Zongwu didn't think about the candidates who stayed in the capital, but Shen Lian and them had just arrived, and many of them were not fully controlled, so they couldn't be placed in the capital in such a hasty manner.

Let them all follow them and leave Beijing, this is the right way.

Only after going through the grinding and tempering and really subduing them can they be sent out.

originally wanted to let Ye Chao follow him south, but now it seems that the stalls in the capital are getting bigger and bigger, and it has become inevitable for him to stay in the capital.

"Chaozi, you have to carry this mess in the capital!

Artisan households must be properly settled, the more artisan households you collect in the capital, and even other places, the more artisan households you collect in the capital, then it will be transported to Donghai Town, which represents the strengthening of Donghai Town's heritage!

Originally, I was worried that the intelligence channels in the capital and Beizhili could not be improved as expected, but this time I am very relieved that you will stay.

Thank you for your hard work!

Once I have the cards in Tokai Town, I'll send the right people to replace you. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, even if I, Ye Chao, am broken bones, I will definitely complete the things that the adults have explained!

I will act on the plan I have made in advance.

There is me in the capital, you can rest assured! ”

Outside the city, Zhao Zongwu and Ye Chao were here to instruct and guarantee, and not far away, there was a team of nearly 300 people waiting.

Time is running out.

Although Zhao Zongwu said in his heart more than once, since the matter has reached this level, in order to avoid it to the greatest extent, new twists and turns have appeared.

This is a bit of a burden, and you have to let the people around you help bear it!

People always have to grow up.

In addition to Ye Chao staying in the capital, Zhao Zongwu also let Zhao Zongnan, Zhao Zongxi, and Zhao Zonghao stay.

In this complicated place in the capital, there are few trustworthy people around, it must not work, in order to avoid danger, with Zhao Zongnan's help, Zhao Zongwu will be more or less relieved in his heart.

Looking at Ye Chao with a determined expression, Zhao Zongwu stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, although there was still a lot of things to say in his heart, a thousand words finally became a sentence: "You must take care of yourself!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zongwu turned around and left.

The capital, at this stage, is just Zhao Zongwu's pedal after all, maybe he will come back in the future, but for a long time, Zhao Zongwu may not set foot in the capital again.

Just as when he first set off from Juehua Island, Zhao Zongwu was full of energy for the future, and the new journey had just begun.